Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-04-27

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military schools Of TIE world. be had
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from rank 70 Faak until be vas uni
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ssldssr Of France. Thsfs was nothing
extraordinary, nothing spasmodie. n
bis Fiss. He had sOneht the stars. NOS
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and see@s great enoaRh and stroaR
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Born 10 1911. be catered The army 10 the
midst Of that ere ct universal peace
which intsrvsned between shs battle Of
Waterloo and the Crimean var. BE
commanded . brigade 81 sevassepol.
Toe close Of the gar In shs Crimea
f0and BIN Gsoeral Of division. Eight
years later Be eommandad the forces
SAINT ~ Napoleon III 10 sstahlish Maxi
milan upon the thFcns Of Mexico. He
returned from that III starred sxpsdi
ton . Marshal. and not one whit in
jared in Espatation By the fsilars
which, ~ all aokn0wIedGsd. no skill on
his part eouid have aysrtsd. TIE cot
break Of the great Franco German var
In 1870 fOund him the hops Of France.
TIE star Of BszAiss vas in the ssssn-
daut uhea The French army set its iass
toward the Rhine.
Then came The turn Of lhs tide. Dis
astsF followed disaster. The 6eoond
Empire. the sssmingIy hrm foundation
upon which the superstruotare Of
BazAins's fame was reared, cFumbIed
lihs . pyramid Of eRg shells. whether
the misfossunes which fell npon France
we're due In any part 10 tFsaehsFy or in
capacity on the part Of Bazaine will
ever be Q matter Of discussion. Who
ever may have been 81 fault. BaxAine
vas the soapsRoat chosen 10 feel the
weight Of popular wrath. OF ell the
ruin wrought By that short, sharp con-
Aiei, the ruin Of Bazaine's reputatiOn
vas the mOst eomplete. All the wrath
Of bis countFymen vas poured upon bis
devoted head. Accused Of ooWardioe,
ef treason, OF every fault and every
crime Of which infamed imaginations
could conceive. he was thrown into
prison. and in few meaths was q van
deFer in foreign lands, 50 dsspised BY
the people Who had once h0Rored him
tbat even nov, after the lapse OF fifteen
years. Frenchman meeting him IN the
streets Of Madrid, g poor, innrm old
man. eoald not resist the temptation TO
bary dagger In his wOrn and weary
body-conld not bat yield 10 the i'm
pulse 10 cod an existence from which
had departed all that makes life dear
aud which, in The course Of mature,
mnst end before many years bad passed
Tbs story Of BAEains's rise and fall 10
full Of meaning 10 the fsw Who have net
foreottoa that he ever existed. No work
Of fiction. no succession OF imaginary
events. however boldly eoncsived or
skillfully linked together, could ssnvsy
90 we'll - this story esnveys the lesson
watch the thouRhtful vill draw from il.
Fortune plays many prsnks With her
puppets. but With none Of ell her human
PlaythinRs has she been more change
abls, more uncertain. more hind and
more unkine, than With Francois
Aohiile BazAine.